Kalei 'Kal' Boyce is a disgraced college athlete in the midst of turning his life around in Atlanta following a steroid scandal and the recent passing of his mother. Finally headed down a path of stability focused on academics, Boyce's world is once again rocked when his beloved professor/mentor goes missing in connection to the brutal murder of his wife. Boyce hesitantly becomes involved with the intent of exonerating his teacher and shedding his own stigma as a quitter, inadvertently involving his ex-girlfriend...
Kalei 'Kal' Boyce is a disgraced college athlete in the midst of turning his life around in Atlanta following a steroid scandal and the recent passing of his mother. Finally headed down a path of stability focused on academics, Boyce's world is once again rocked when his beloved professor/mentor goes missing in connection to the brutal murder of his wife. Boyce hesitantly becomes involved with the intent of exonerating his teacher and shedding his own stigma as a quitter, inadvertently involving his ex-girlfriend and her new beau, but soon realizes the murder was part of a bigger puzzle: a life-and-death pursuit to locate a mythical Civil War antiquity before a racist mercenary hell-bent on rewriting history books.
The group of three must not only overcome their own personal jealousies toward each other, but race against time and overwhelming odds to surmount a variety of mental and physical challenges on both coasts of the United States, unearthing shocking new facts about their country's past along the way.
"Blankenship's attention to detail is rewarding. His use of bits of lesser-known Sacramento history helps the story move along but doesn't dry out the momentum, something first time authors often do without realizing.This is a perfect book for summer reading"
San Francisco Book Review
- editor editor
"This is one of those books where the plot twists are earned; it is hard to put the book down when you pick it up. You'll want to toss it at the nearest fire a few times, but then you make the mistake of opening it up again. It is also great to have an actually reluctant hero, who is on the cusp of being forced to participate in the quest, and yet wants to see it to the end. This is a great book, and you will love reading it."
A 1999 graduate of Sacramento State University specializing in PR, Devin Blankenship has spent the last 13 years with the Sacramento Kings (NBA) Media Relations Dept. as an intermediary between local/national media and the team's athletes, including such notable personalities as Vlade Divac, Chris Webber, Mike Bibby, Ron Artest, Tyreke Evans and many more. Blankenship also penned exclusive content as the lead writer for the team s website, Kings.com, and season-ticket holder magazine, FanFare, for five years.
A Sacramento native, Blankenship currently resides in his hometown with his loving wife, Lori, and two young children, Jack and Aly. Sherman s Eagle is his first foray into fiction and took five years to research, write and edit.
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